Max you are two months old! You weigh about 10.5 lbs and about 22.5 inchs long. Max wears size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes. He also moved up to one size cloth diapers and outgrown the newborn cloth diapers
You still have some dark hair that is still thinning on top, but I don't think you will lose it all.
You now sleep anywhere from 4-6 hours at night and then another 2 to 3 after you eat. During the day your naps vary from 30 mins to 3 hours all depending on what we are doing and how much you wanted to eat. You have started to fall asleep on your own after we lay you down. You still sleep the best when you are swaddled, but have taken a few naps with just a blanket. You aren’t a fan of your crib anymore, and that’s partially mommy’s fault for not using it enough.
You eat every 3 hours for the first half of the day and then by 5pm you eat about every hour until bedtime. Your diet is 95% breast milk and 5% formula. You have one formula bottle before bed. You eat about 3-4 oz then.
You have a lot of wake time and you are happy about this now. You started to smile for Mommy around 7 weeks old. In the last week you have started smiling for everything. Your biggest smiles come when you are about to be fed. You like to lay on your back and wiggle around. You have started to munch on your Sophie the giraffe if we put it to your mouth for you. You can hold it there for a bit, then. Mommy set up an area for you to play and you love looking at the mirror there. We do some tummy time every day and you have about 5 mins of it before you declare you are done. As soon as you are on your tummy you are pushing with your feet to move somewhere. You love to stand and really hate to be in the sitting position. Also your bouncy seat is no longer a favorite, but you love the swing.
You love Bella. She can keep you entertained for quite a while. You also give her some of your biggest smiles. But when you are done with her, you surly let us know it.
You still very much are into your daddy. I swear if he could feed you too, you would be with him all the time. You started smiling for him first.
You have celebrated two christmass in the last month and rang in the new year, went to Watertown, Madison and ventured around Iowa with Daddy. You met your Grandma for the first time and your new friend Noah.
You had a check up at the doc’s when you were 6 weeks old. There you were 9.8lbs and 22.5 inchs long. You also got your first round of shots. You actually took them a lot better then i thought you would. We also got you started on reflux medicine and you are such a happy camper now. I have also given up almost all chocolate and 90% of dairy. Your next visit to the doctor will be at 4 months old. We are hoping to avoid the doctor until then.
A brief look at a normal day
7am:wake up for the day, nurse,change diaper, playtime
8:30-9am: change clothes for the day and Medicine
9:30-12 pm: Morning nap time
12pm: nurse, then some playtime, diaper change
1:30pm: naptime (often the same time as his sister)
3pm:awake, playtime, nurse, diaper change
4pm:nap
5-8pm: Anything can happen but often it’s 20 mins cat naps after nursing and large amounts of awake time and playing with just about everything we have to entertain him with.
8pm we help Bella get ready for bed, Max often gets to hang out in Bella’s bed or does tummy time on her floor
8:30pm: diaper change and Pj’s on and Medicine and night time bottle
9:00pm: after refusing 8:30bottle and a short cat nap, he takes his bottle and often nurse too
9:30-10pm: to sleep
3am to 4:30am: wake up to nurse, then stays awake for a good hour while Daddy tried to get him back to sleep
6/6:30am nurse and back to sleep depending on when he went back to sleep for daddy.
It’s been a busy month but a semi back to normal one. You have really changed a lot in the last month. I see each month getting to be more and more interesting as you grow and start to interact more with us.
